HW 6 Food Diary

On September 28th I ate:
Garlic knots
Ridges Sour Cream and Onion Chips
Spaghetti

On September 29th I ate:
A piece of a protein bar
Pizza
Cookies

On September 30th I ate:
A Bagel with Butter
Chicken with french fries

There is no nutritional value in the food I ate the past few days. Usually we eat one vegetable with every meal we eat but based on the food diary I haven't been eating my veggies. When I eat food I base my enjoyment on how the food tastes to me. When I eat Spaghetti I love putting a lot of cheese on it because it adds a little more flavor. When I smelled the Spaghetti I could smell the different spices used to make the tomato sauce, such as, sage, rosemary... When I ate the Spaghetti I finished it in record time because it was so delicious. I also notice that I eat healthier when my mother cooks, than when I buy food for myself. Sometimes I get distracted by cake, pie, and cookies so I don't focus on carrots, corn, and peas because sweets are a little more appealing than eating celery. I know that I should eat healthy because I don't want to have diabetes or high blood pressure, those are things that run in my family. When I eat food if I am stuffed I will not force myself to finish everything, sometimes I just save it for later. Most of the time I do finish all my food.

Sometimes the food I eat is very unhealthy for me but I choose to eat it anyway. It's only when my stomach starts to hurt or I get sick, when I realize that I need to watch what I eat. If you don't watch what you eat you can become unhealthy quickly. I didn't really enjoy the garlic knots I ate because they were literally dipped in garlic, after I used a napkin to wipe off the garlic I ate it because it was all I had for lunch. I also ate Ridges sour ceam and onion chips and they were good. Lately I have been watching what I eat so if I eat too much junk food I will spend the next couple of days eating veggies. This connects to the articles about eating veggies because it is true that people don't want to eat vegetables. Most of us would rather eat carrot cake than a carrot but it makes sense to understand that carrot cake only gives you temporary satisfaction after you eat it and what are you left with, a fat stomach.